Just a short note to mention that I will begin sending today four postings [I, II, III, IV] that deal with choice/CHOICE in educational change, reform/deform in educational change, change in urban/rural areas, support/non-support and sanity/insanity of the Common Core State Standards and written interaction between Bill McCallum and Michael Paul Goldenberg regarding the Common Core.

Starting small in the very early days of 2010, At the Chalk Face has expanded to include a host of new authors/commentators, a broad social media presence, and, most importantly, a weekly radio show on Blog Talk Radio. We endeavor to establish an alternative space to discuss education reform from an entirely progressive perspective. But more importantly, we are all educators, so we know what we're talking about.

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